雅思强化口语精讲班第4-6讲讲义.doc

雅思强化口语精讲班第 4 讲讲义
Film
Exercise 6: Film
Examiner: What kind of films do you like?
Candidate: I like foreign films, especially the Hollywood films.
Examiner: Do you often go to cinemas to watch a film?
Candidate: No, I rarely go to cinema because tickets are expensive nowadays. I borrow or buy VCD
and watch the film at home.
What’s the difference between watching films in the cinema and at home?
Well, the sound effect is better in the cinema, and the screen is larger, but the audience can’t
comment on the content freely. If we stay at home, we can talk about the plot any time.
Examiner: What kind of films do you like best?
Candidate: I like horror films. They are exciting and thrilling. I like the feeling of watching this kind of
film.
Examiner: Do you watch it by yourself or with your family?
Candidate: It depends. But most of time I watch by myself because they don’t like it. They think it’s
too scary.

Shopping
Exercise 6: Shopping
Interviewer: Do you like shopping?
Candidate: Not really. I believe it is a waste of time, and I just go shopping when I need to buy some
daily necessities.
Interviewer: Who do you go shopping with?
Candidate: I go shopping with my friends. I ask them for advice.
Interviewer: How often do you go shopping?
Candidate: I go shopping every two weeks. I take the bus to the supermarket nearby.
Interviewer: What do you like to buy?
Candidate: I buy sportswear, shoes or snacks like yogurt or sunflower seeds. They are my favorite.
Interviewer: Where do you like to go shopping?
Candidate: There is a supermarket called Peace Plaza near my home and I can walk there.
Interviewer: Who does most shopping in your family?
Candidate: My mother does most shopping, and she buys food, drinks, shampoo nearly every week.
Interviewer: What department stores are there?
Candidate: There is a large shopping mall. People can buy whatever they want.

Reading

雅思强化口语精讲班第 5 讲讲义
Transport
Exercise 9: Weekend
Interviewer: Is weekend important to people?
Candidate: Definitely. Weekend is the time for people to have relaxation and enjoy their free time
with their friends or family.
Interviewer: Do you think people should get more money if they work on weekends?
Candidate: I believe so. If people work on weekends, they can’t stay with their family. They deserve
higher pay.
Interviewer: Which day do you like more, Saturdays or Sundays?
Candidate: Like most people, I prefer Saturdays because on that day, I don’t have to get up early. I
also stay up late Saturday night and I have another day free.
Interviewer: What do you often do on that day?
Candidate: I surf the internet for some news and then I will go to gym to do weight training.
Sometimes, I have meals with my friends.
Interviewer: Do you think that people will spend more money on weekends?
Candidate: I guess so. People spend money shopping on weekends, buying daily necessities.
Young people visit their parents and they spend money buying fruit or some nutritional products for their
elders.

Exercise 12: Transport
What transports are there in your city?
Which is your favorite?
What do you think of your city's transportation system?
Do you think your city's transportation system is being developed?
参考答案
Interviewer: What transports are there in your city?
Candidate: People in my city go to work or travel by bus, taxi or city train. The most popular one is
motorcycles. People cannot ride bikes as my city is hilly and the roads are bumpy.
Interviewer: Which is your favorite?
Candidate: I prefer to take the city train as it is clean and you don’t worry about traffic jams.
Interviewer: What do you think of your city's transportation system?
Candidate: Well, it has improved a lot in the past years, and the city council has invested money on the road
construction. The road conditions are much better.

Apartment
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Photo
Exercise 19: Photo
Candidate: Do you like to take photos?
Interviewer: Yes. When I go traveling or have a birthday celebrations, I take photos with my friends or family
members.
Candidate How popular is it to take photos in China?
Interviewer: I guess most people like to take photos, and they help people keep the important moment.
Candidate: What kind of photos do you like?
Interviewer: I like digital photos because I can edit them. I save them in the computer and send them to my
friends by email.
In what kind of situations do you take photos?
I always take photos when I have a get-together with my friends. We haven’t seen each other for a
long time, and we nee to take photos to commemorate the event.
Could you tell me one of your happy experiences of taking photos?
Well, it’s really hard to think of the experience. I went traveling in Sichuan three years ago, and I took photos
with a lot of wild animals. It was fun.

Exercise 20: Food
Which meal is most important to you, breakfast, lunch or supper?
Well, to me, breakfast is most essential If I don’t have breakfast, I’m going to have stomachache as time goes
by.
Which meal do you like best?
I prefer to have supper with my family or friends. That’s the time for me to have communication with them.
It’s fun to talk to them.
Do you think we should have more meals or have much at one meal?
I suppose we should have more meals as long as we have time. In this way, our stomach won’t have
too much burden, and it has more time to digest the food.

Family
Exercise 21: Family
How much time do you spend with your family?
The only time for the family member to have a get-together is the dinner time. We exchange our daily
experience. On weekends, we may go to the parks or go shopping together.
What’s the occupation of your parents?
参考答案
How much time do you spend with your family?
The only time for the family member to have a get-together is the dinner time. We exchange our daily
experience. On weekends, we may go to the parks or go shopping together.
What’s the occupation of your parents?
My father is a businessman and my mother is a nurse.

Painting
Exercise 24: Painting
Do you like painting?
What’s the influence of painting on children?
What are the benefits of painting for adults?
What do you think of practical skill and theoretical knowledge?
Which one is more important?
参考答案
Candidate: Do you like painting?
Interviewer: I don’t like it. I have never learned to do it.
Candidate: What’s the influence of painting on children?
Interviewer: It’s beneficial to them. They have better sense of beauty if they can paint. They learn to have the
skill of observation.
Candidate: What are the benefits of painting for adults?
Interviewer: They forget their troubles and worries when they paint. They have the peace of mind in the
process of painting.
Candidate: What do you think of practical skill and theoretical knowledge?
Interviewer: It doesn’t mean that you will do it well if you have theoretical knowledge.
Candidate: Which one is more important?
Interviewer: I guess the practical skill is more important. You can make use of it in daily life, but theoretical
knowledge is not so useful.
n Do you think the art is important to life?
n Art brings enjoyment to beings. Music, Caricature, Painting, Poetry, and so on are different ways
to express the feelings of all humans.
n What kind of art do you like?
n Music is my favorite as it is not only enjoyable but also teaches us many things. It tells us about
the different cultures and traditions. Every kind of music represents different culture and age. It also
helps us to know ourselves and our ways of thinking. I especially love singing and dancing. It gives me a
lot of fun by watching the show.
n What kind of art experience did you have when you were young?
n Oh, this question reminds me of my trip to an art gallery. My father told me how to appreciate
the paintings, and from then on I began to show interest in it.
n What kind of art are you good at?
n I am good at Chinese painting as I learned to do it ever since I was a child. I have been
practicing it for about ten years.

Weather
Exercise 24: Weather
Examiner: What kind of weather do you like?
Candidate: Well, I like sunny days. I enjoy the sun and fresh air. When it’s gloomy, I feel awful and
depressed.
Computer
What do you do with computers?
I always surf the internet to read some news or novels. Sometimes, I play online games with my
friends. We play poker online.
Do you think that children should learn to use computers?
I don’t approve of the idea. They are going to have internet addiction as their self-control ability is
low. Or maybe some children are going to have back troubles if they sit in front of computers for a long
time.
Do you think that life is better with computers?
Computers really bring convenience to our life. We don’t have to go shopping in the department
store. We just stay at home, click the mouse and then the goods are going to be delivered to our front
door.
When did you begin to use computers?
I got to operate the first computer when I was in the primary school. I was about ten years old, and
my best friend got one. I also had the chance to use it.
New people
Do you like meeting new people? Why?
I am the quiet type and I am shy in front of strangers. I don’t know what to say to break the ice.
Please tell me about an interesting person you knew recently?
I had dinner with my friends a couple of days ago, and I got to know a friend of my friend. He was
humorous and he told a lot of jokes to us.